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Category Archives: Feasts
The Priest: Privileged Witness of the Reality of Grace Present in the World
On this, the eve of the Epiphany, with the Christ Child still lying in the manger, a great many Catholics everywhere are hoping and praying for a year of renewed grace. And, of course, with the turn of the secular … Continue reading
Posted in Augustine, beauty, Christmas, Feasts
Tagged amazon synod, didache, Epiphany, Maximilain Kolbe, St Stephen
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As Long as Catholics Continue Feasting, Christendom Still Exists!
What is a perennial truth if nothing other than a truth which springs up every year? We who are strangers and sojourners in the city of man, we who aspire towards citizenship in the city of God, we know that … Continue reading
Posted in breakfast, Christendom, Christmas, Dinner, Feasts, Virgil
Tagged Beowulf, Christendom still exists, Enstroms Toffee, Gawain, Ribeye
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Still Thankful After All These Years
Grace builds upon nature. Or as we classically educated Latin teachers would construe, Gratia Supponit Naturam or even “Gratia aedificat super naturam”? In any case, whether George Washington was stirred by the Holy Ghost, when he rendered his first Thanksgiving … Continue reading
Posted in Custom, Feasts, Fine Arts, Saint Paul, The Mass
Tagged Cotes du Rhone, George Washington, Grace and nature, Thanksgiving
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Easter 2019! Boeuf en Croute Alleluia!
Easter came a little later this year, but as a good friend likes to remind me, God is seldom early but He is never late! I am not sure how true this is, but it does seem to describe pretty well … Continue reading
Trim the Hearth and Set the Table 2018
As we have mentioned before, one of the great joys of Christmas springs from the fact that while it is renewed every year, it nonetheless is renewed precisely because it encapsulates and brings forth the things from of old. It … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, breakfast, Christmas, Dinner, Feasts, Fine Arts
Tagged Baby Jesus Buns, Beef Wellington, Catholic Feasts, Christmas Star Bread, Creminy Mushroom, Fennel
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This School Choir May Have Just Made History
In what might be a new world record, or perhaps simply a first of its kind choral accomplishment, the fifty-five voice Lyceum Choir sang back to back liturgies – one in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, celebrated by Cardinal … Continue reading
Ever Ancient Ever New: Feasting at Easter!
Happy Easter! Now some of you might be thinking, “hmmm….this photo looks suspiciously familiar.” Or “Haven’t I seen this before?” Well, my response is “yes and no!” Although these photos are all brand new, they are, nonetheless, the same in … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, breakfast, Dinner, Easter, Feasts
Tagged Easter Feast. Proseco, Mark West. Franciscan Chardonnay, Paula Deen, scalloped potatoes
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Today, Sing “Ubi Caritas!”
Today, Holy Thursday, is the day for singing the ancient chant Ubi Caritas! UBI caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur. Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum. Et ex corde diligamus nos … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, Easter, Feasts, Sacred Music, Sacrosanctum Consilium, The Mass, The Passion
Tagged Holy Thursday, mandatum, Sacrosanctum Concilium, ubi caritas, washing of feet
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Christmas 2017: Feast Edition!
Although Christmas day itself has passed, nonetheless the Church insists that we keep up the celebration! As obedient sons and daughters, ours is the task to celebrate the feast as heartily as possible for as long as we can – … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, breakfast, Christmas, Custom, Dinner, Feasts, Fine Arts, liberal education works, Music
Tagged Brussells Sprouts, butterfly Roast, Enstroms Toffee, Gargonzola, Gruyere, Pancetta
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Feasting and Easter
Resurrexit! There is nothing like the feeling attendant on the one who, although perhaps he has not scrupulously fulfilled every detail of his Lenten promises, approaches the Easter Morning brunch table and finds this… and this! and Egg Strada! And of … Continue reading
